THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Furzelea, Essex, NGS
Today Modern Mint visited another garden in Essex that was open for the NGS (last week was Ulting Wick.) The garden …
National Nurseries Week
From May 1st – May 7th we will be supporting Britain’s specialist nurseries. Why? Because it is National Nurseries Week! For more information go to the British Plant and Nursery Guide and help celebrate the best independent, specialist nurseries Britain has. Look out though – you will probably come away with a plant or two…! Some of our favourite nurseries… 1) Penwood Nurseries, Berkshire 2) Phoenix Perennial Plants, Hampshire 3) Marchants Hardy Plants If you have anymore suggestions for your favourite nurseries, send us a tweet! Recommended Reading (the Marina Christopher book a huge favourite of ours): Late Summer Flowers So You Want …
Val Bourne’s 5 Golden Rules of Planting
For those of you who missed the Gardens Illustrated piece, here are five pieces of advice by ‘Natural Gardener’ Val Bourne. You can’t go far wrong if you stay close to these… 1) Plant diversely and densely – using trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, ferns, bulbs and grasses. 2) Have flowers throughout the year – particularly early on, to help sustain bumble and solitary bees. 3) Only grow what suits your soil and enhances your setting. 4) Only grow plants that are worth a place in your garden. 5) Put your plants in the right place – this basic approach helps avoid disease. The …
Chelsea Fringe – “You Should Have Seen It Last Week…”
Modern Mint are running a project for the Chelsea Fringe. The project is called “You Should Have Seen It Last Week…” a phrase you will often hear a gardener say when they show someone around their garden. It seems wherever you go, the garden always had less weeds and more flowers back then…! What is the Chelsea Fringe? If the Chelsea flower show is the spectacular, trendy, stunning starlet of the horticultural world, the Chelsea fringe is the anarchic, homemade, anything goes fun lover that won’t be home until dawn. Now in its 3rd year, it is a platform …